Chapter 262: Capturing Catherine
"It's useless to deal with this kind of woman, it's useless to negotiate with her well, only by defeating her, will she be willing to surrender to the lord."
Fang Xuanling stood on a high place, holding a folding fan in his hand, looking at the camp of the Grand Duchy of Moscow with wolf smoke billowing below......
"Strategist, we still haven't been able to capture the opponent's camp."
Chu Tian interrupted the words of the theory master Fang Xuanling.
Le Yi personally led the heavy infantry to raid the commander of the coalition forces of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and entered the opponent's camp two miles.
The rear of the Grand Duchy of Moscow was attacked by Shi Wansui's 1,000 cavalry, and the left battalion was attacked by Xue Rengui's army, but it was not shaken at this time.
If it were an ordinary legion, it would have collapsed long ago in such a situation.
"I can understand why she was always number one in the national war. There must have been a large number of heroes in her barracks, not necessarily the heroes of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. ”
With 40,000 people, Chu Tian couldn't eat the other party's 60,000 people. Catherine's army had more than ten historical heroes, as well as defensive facilities and troop superiority such as horse rejection and trenches.
However, Chutian's goal was not to completely eliminate the Catherine Army.
If the goal was to completely wipe out the Catherine Legion, Chutian's 40,000 men might fight until only 10,000 people remained, and the Catherine Legion would be completely annihilated, completely deviating from its original purpose.
His intention was to conquer Catherine by force and make her follow him on a crusade against Kshatriya, the great lord of the Mughal Empire.
"The enemy is starting to fight back."
Fang Xuanling found that the coalition forces of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, after the initial panic, began to counterattack under the leadership of the hero.
The Grand Duchy of Moscow also had its own civilized heroes, such as Dmitry of the Don, who once commanded an army of 150,000 to defeat the 200,000 troops of the Golden Horde (one of the four khanates of Great Mongolia)!
There were also heroes of other civilizations in Catherine's legions, who fought hard with wooden fences and repelled horses and did not collapse. The infantry on both sides fought with wooden fences, trenches, and horseback as the borders, and soldiers were killed at every moment!
When the various divisions of the Grand Duchy of Moscow fiercely resisted, Le Yi destroyed the fortifications of the enemy camp with heavy infantry and soldiers of the Arab Empire.
Almost at the same time, the soldiers of the Arab Empire fell into a frenzy and stormed Catherine's camp with their lives, opening the way with their lives!
Even Le Yi felt that this group of people was very crazy, even more crazy than the Yellow Turban Army.
In this battle, Chu Tian and Le Yi decided to sacrifice almost all the soldiers of the Arab Empire in order to conquer the unruly lords of the Great Plains of Eastern Europe.
Li Xiuning's women's army followed Le Yi's heavy infantry to advance!
"Lord Count, the enemy army has arrived, please retreat immediately under our protection."
Catherine's guards protected her from retreating.
The rain of arrows fell from the sky, and Catherine's guards formed a shield array to block the rain of arrows from the shooting battalion, and the guards soldiers continued to fall.
Leyi's heavy infantry tried to surround Catherina.
If you can capture the other party's lord, you may be able to directly land 60,000 legions!
Catherine found out that she had provoked someone she shouldn't have provoked, and she regretted annoying Chu Zimou a little. Chu Zimou was able to discover the location of her camp, and Chu Zimou obviously concentrated his elite forces to storm her camp, wanting to kill or capture her!
One by one, the guards around Catherine fell, and it was too late for the other troops to come to her aid.
Li Xiuning led the women's army to break into Catherine's army and went straight to Catherine herself......
"Mingjin retreats."
Chu Tian watched the battle from a high place and could not judge the specific situation, so he accepted it when he saw it, and after inflicting considerable casualties on the corps of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, he ordered the withdrawal of his troops.
There are a large number of Catherine's heroes, but most of them don't know Chutian, just like Catherine doesn't know most of Chutian's heroes.
She was the most powerful lord Chu Tian had ever encountered.
"Retreat!"
Xue Rengui, who was storming the left camp, heard the sound of Mingjin withdrawing his troops and slowly retreated.
The army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, fearing an ambush, did not pursue Xue Rengui.
Le Yi's army also retreated, because he had penetrated deep into the enemy's central army, and the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow was encircling and flanking.
If he does not retreat again, he will be surrounded by an army led by the hero of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
The battle gradually subsided, and Shi Wansui, who was attacking the rear of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, was unable to break through the opponent's rear army because he only had 1,000 light cavalry, and saw that the time was about the same, so he withdrew.
The two sides fought for about two hours, and the Eastern Han army suffered 1,000 casualties, and the Grand Duchy of Moscow probably suffered more than 2,000 casualties.
"Where is the Earl?"
"You guards can't even protect the Earl, what a fool!"
The commanders and generals of the Grand Duchy of Moscow killed the generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty and came to report to Catherine, only to find that Catherine was captured alive by the Eastern Han Dynasty's women's army......
"Now Catherine should admit our strength."
Chu Tian waited in the camp for the generals to return.
His goal in this battle is also very simple, to raid Catherine's Chinese army and show her strength to her, so that she will be willing to cooperate.
As for capturing Catherine alive, Chu Tian didn't dare to imagine it, after all, Catherine must have protected herself quite strictly, and the probability of capturing her alive was very small. Just scare her this time.
Le Yi, Li Guang, and Li Xiuning returned to the camp, and Li Xiuning also tied up one person - Catherine, who negotiated with Chutian not long ago.
Chu Tian couldn't help but be stunned when he saw her.
Li Xiuning actually captured the first lord of the Grand Duchy of Moscow!
"Isn't this Lord Count Catherine?"
"Chu Zimou, you are really despicable! How do you know where my tent is?! ”
Catherine was captured alive, the sword at her waist was confiscated by Li Xiuning, and when she saw Chutian, she gritted her teeth.
She realized that Le Yi, Hua Mulan, Li Guang and his party were coming straight to her, and it was obvious that the location of her camp was known to Chu Tian in advance.
"Soldiers don't get tired of cheating. If you surrender to me with an army of 60,000, I can promise not to kill you. ”
Catherine was cold: "Impossible, even if I am captured by you, my legion will not surrender to you." In order to prevent this from happening, I have made a provision in the army that once I am captured, my adjutant Sophia will replace me as the supreme commander of the legion. ”
And this trick......
However, Chutian did not believe her words, and decided to take Catherine as a hostage to persuade the other party to surrender the 60,000 army.
When a dozen or so heroes of the Grand Duchy of Moscow learned that their lord had been captured, they decided to appoint the adjutant Sophia as the supreme commander and negotiate with Chutian to redeem their lord.
The West is somewhat different from the East, and even if the lord is captured, it has little effect on the nobility of the legion.
In other words, Chutian could not force a 60,000-strong army by capturing Catherine.
"The nobles of the Grand Duchy of Moscow are willing to pay a thousand taels of gold to redeem their lord."
"Their lord is worth a thousand taels of gold? Even if I keep her as a servant, I won't let her go back. ”
Chu Tian now has no feeling for a thousand taels of gold.
Isn't it just a thousand taels of gold?
Chu Tian could already take out 10,000 taels of gold in one go to build thousands of Xiliang Iron Horses, and he didn't care much about 1,000 taels of gold.
On the opposite side, the Legion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow sent another threat, and if their lord Catherine was not released, the Legion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow would immediately launch an attack on the Eastern Han Legion.
Catherine was placed under house arrest in Chutian's camp, and the armies of the two sides were still facing each other, and the sabre was rattling.
Fang Xuanling asked: "At present, it seems that it is impossible to persuade the 60,000 people on the other side, what does the lord plan to do with her?" ”
"We can only retreat and use Catherine's influence to control the 60,000 legions on the opposite side and assist us in defeating the anti-Eastern Han alliance."
After Chutian captured Catherine alive, he once thought of directly annexing the other party's 60,000 people, but Catherine kept her back, and her adjutant replaced her in command of the corps of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and she refused to surrender.
Since he could not surrender, Chu Tian returned to the original point and forced Ekaterina to cooperate with him.
He could have executed Catherine, but only one person, and the problem was not fundamentally solved. It will also become a mortal enemy of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
Chutian ordered Li Xiuning to take Catherine to his tent and personally persuade her to surrender. Catherine was brought over, her hands tied with twine.
If the warriors of the Great Plains of Eastern Europe knew that their goddess was brought to the tent of the enemy commander in this way, their hearts would be broken.
"As agreed, you have been defeated, and everything you have belongs to me. I order you to bring your army to help me and annihilate the Mughal Legions, and then I will grant you freedom. ”
Chu Tian considered that there was little point in executing the other party's lord, so it was better to use her as much as possible.
It is also an option to put Catherine back to scourge Europe.
The relations of the Grand Duchy of Moscow with the European countries were not good.
Ekaterina stubbornly said: "You use a conspiracy to defeat me, this doesn't count, we have to fight a decisive battle on the plain!" ”
"In other words, you're still not willing to give in?"
"That's right."
"Then don't blame me for being rude. Xiuning, tie her to a wooden post. ”
Li Xiuning listened to the order, but only hesitated slightly, and still acted according to Chu Tian's order.
Catherine's hands were tied, Chu Tian's greedy eyes looked at her, and she thought that Chu Tian was going to use force, but she was still fearless, but puffed up her chest: "If you have the ability, come here!" ”
What a pretty tough woman.
Li Xiuning, who was loyal to the cool summer, was present, and Chu Tian did not act excessively, but just said to Li Xiuning: "Please Miss Catherine to taste our oriental spirits." ”
"Yes."
Li Xiuning poured wine into Catherine according to Chu Tian's instructions.
"Your oriental spirits are as light as water, and they don't have any taste."
"Really?"
Chu Tian sat at the back of the desk, calm and composed.
Catherine was poured a jar of wine, and her face did not change at all, which was commonplace for her.
She sneered: "If it's a man, go straight to it, why use such inferior means." ”
"Who said they were going to get you drunk?"
Chu Tian held a volume of "The Art of War" in his hand, and his face still did not change.
Soon Catherine knew why Chutian had people pouring wine on her, she was now tied to a wooden post and couldn't move, she couldn't help it......
Probably sensing Catherine's strange appearance, Chu Tian said: "Don't think that you take the name of a Tsarist Empress and think that you are a Tsar. Since you are a civilized player, you should have at least a sense of shame, right? Of course, if you don't have a sense of shame and I don't have an opinion, I'll just sit here and watch. ”
"Chu Zimou, you ...... You devil! ”
Ekaterina blushed, she had always been arrogant, and she was so anxious that she wanted to cry. I really can't help it......
"Continue to pour wine into her, one jar is not enough, two jars, three jars."
"Yes."
"Stop! I promise you! I can command my legion to assist you! ”
Catherine finally couldn't stand Chu Tian's torture, and she swore that Chu Tian was the closest person she had ever seen to the devil.
After Catherine succumbed, she was finally untied, and Li Xiuning kept a close watch to prevent her from escaping.
Her legion still did not surrender, but the adjutant Sophia negotiated with Chutian, and the two sides agreed that the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Eastern Han army would advance eastward, aid the besieged Taishou Huma of Taiyuan County of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and defeat the anti-Eastern Han alliance of the Mughal lord Kshatriya.
According to the agreement, Catherine was still left by Chutian's side as a hostage. After the defeat of the anti-Han alliance by the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Chutian will release Catherine.
At the same time, the two sides divided the spoils of war in advance. For the seven cities of the anti-Eastern Han Alliance, Chu Tian divided four and Catherine divided into three.
Chu Tian shook his head again and again: "If you agree to cooperate with me at the beginning, you can get four cities." Why is this so painful? ”
"Hmph."
Catherine saw that Chu Tian was cheap and behaved, and scoffed.
Who would have thought that she would one day become a captive of someone else.
Zhao Long saw that the unruly Catherine was willing to submit to Chu Tian, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, what method did you use to tame her?" It won't be ......"
Chu Tian said with a dignified face: "How can you use that kind of indiscriminate move in Xia?" I was very affectionate and reasonable with her, and she finally found that working with us was the only choice. ”
If it weren't for the saber confiscated by Li Xiuning, Catherine promised that she would stab Chu Tian to death with a saber. When did he move with affection and reason?
Hua Mulan felt very uncomfortable when she saw that Chutian had Catherine with her as a hostage.
She took the initiative to say to Chu Tian in private: "I don't like that wave girl, and Sister Xia won't like it either." ”
“……”
Chutian didn't expect that Hua Mulan and Xia Liang would stand in the same camp and reject Catherine together.
If it's cool in summer, it is estimated that there will be nothing wrong with the appearance, but Mulan dares to speak out. If you don't like it, you don't like it
However, Chu Tian was surprised that Hua Mulan rarely spoke to him in such a tone, not like a subordinate.
And the title of Wave Girl is estimated to be from the Cool Church Mulan in summer.
"I just want to use her army."
Chu Tian calmed Mulan's emotions.
Two legions, 40,000 of the Eastern Han Legion and 60,000 of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, began to march east to rescue the Eastern Han lords besieged by the Mughal Empire.